In recent months, French media have devoted increasing coverage to the spreading of Dieudonné's ideas in French society, most notably with the increasingly popular “quenelle” gesture — a quasi-Nazi salute designed to circumvent France's laws against Sunday night The Algemeiner, a Jewish newspaper based in New York, published a story featuring a photograph of Tony … Read more
The “quenelle” is executed by holding one arm straight and bringing the hand of the other arm to that shoulder, as shown below. The Daily Mail reports that Dieudonné has portrayed the “quenelle” as an “anti-establishment NICOLAS ANELKA remains available to play for West Brom despite the 'quenelle' celebration storm hanging over his head. An … Read more
Sunday night The Algemeiner, a Jewish newspaper based in New York, published a story featuring a photograph of Tony Parker making the “'quenelle,” a controversial French hand gesture that many consider to be an English soccer was plunged into yet another anti-Semitism scandal this weekend, following a goal-scoring celebration by Nicolas Anelka, the highly-regarded French … Read more
The latest instance has to do with the spreading popularity of an apparent Nazi gesture frequently used by one of France's most popular comedians, Dieudonné. Amid a public debate in France over the allegedly anti-Semitic “quenelle” gesture, French media have reproduced a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews … Read more